N002102
Saturday, January 19, 2002 8:47 PM
Victim Compensation Comments
Mr. Feinberg,
This is the second time I am commenting on the interim guidelines you have
established for the Victim Compensation Fund. I have just learned that you
intend to determine my 21 year old son's award by looking at his salary
during the last 3 years. When my son died on September 11th, he was not old
enough to have worked for 3 years. He had been a full time college student
until May 2001 and began full time employment in July 2001. My son had just
begun what would have been a promising career in the electrical industry.
His goal was to obtain a Masters degree in electrical design. It is my
understanding that you will average his salary during the last three years.
This is no way represents my son's expected earnings in his lifetime. What
an unfair, arbitrary guideline.
This, along with the insulting "presumed" figure of $250,000 for pain and
suffering makes it impossible to accept. No, Mr. Feinberg, I will not agree
to waive my right to bring those responsible for facilitating my son's
murderers to justice in a court of law without first knowing the amount
offered for this waiver. Even if I obtain no award by pursuing litigation, I
will at least know that I did not show disrespect to my son's memory by
agreeing to an unjust, politically-motivated, insulting compensation amount.
And I will be able to sleep at night.
Individual Comment
Woodside, NY